Boron‐ and Fluorine‐Containing Mesoporous Carbon Nitride Polymers: Metal‐Free Catalysts for Cyclohexane Oxidation

Beefed up with B,F: A boron- and fluorine-enriched carbon nitride polymeric semiconductor was synthesized by a facile one-step process using 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate as a soft template. The resulting materials show an advantageous “morel-like” mesopore structure (see picture) with narrow pore size distribution and good photoactivity under visible light. The materials are also good catalysts for the selective oxidation of cyclohexane.